Installing BlackICE may seem daunting at first, but provided you follow the directions here, you should have a relatively easy time with it.
Step 1:
After you have downloaded BlackICE, copy the installer to the same directory that as the hoi3game.exe and hoi3_tfh.exe files in it. Generally speaking, this will be somewhere like:
• d:\games\Hearts of Iron 3
• c:\games\steam\steamapps\common\Hearts of Iron 3
Step 2:
Install Podcat's LAA (Large Address Aware) version of the HOI3 .exe file with BlackICE. This will solve a great many issues with the game crashing as it will take advantage of the larger amounts of memory that newer computers can use. Podcat's LAA .exe file can be found in the following Tech Support thread on the PI forum
•Overwrite the original hoi3_tfh.exe file with it.
Step 3:
Run the installer. Do Not Change ANYTHING unless you know what you are doing, just hit next until you
- Seaplane Tender
- Heavy Artillery
- Railway Artillery - Long range aux vessels
- Many more unique divisions/ HQs added including famous Panzer korps, Army HQs and Army groups HQs each with unique counters.
- Added XXXIII. Uboat
- Added GER_Pz38_rgt for 7. and 8. Panzer-Division
- Added GER_pz35_rgt for 6. Panzer-Division
-jap multi role model 9 fixed
-german heavy armor GFX corrected
-Better event image for Overlord/FUSAG event
-Replacement model images for AST battle commanders (Blamey and Morshead)
-Backgrounds of Gurkha and Commando brigades made consistent with Mountain brigades
-Updated counters for German U-Boat Flotillas
-Updated Combined Arms counters
-Replacement counters for combined arms brigades (Kampfgruppen)
-Replacement SS HQ counters
-New model images and localisation tweak for ENG airunits
-Changed the starting techs for subs, medicine, destroyers for Germany to be more historical
-Changed special forces branch difficulty lowered to level 2
-Jap naval doctrine update
-Changed Division HQ command structure tech to be 12 levels instead of 6, and adjusted values for bonuses accordingly (halved them per level)
-missing ss/guards units added to a few techs
-Added commando_brigade/ss_commando_brigade to several special forces techs. Also added a missing desert bonus for them in the "Commando Training" tech, etc.
-some SF techs supply consumption reduction reduced
-hidden tech for red airforce effiecnecy penalty after the purges - penalty removed when germans begin zitadelle offensive (1943)
-AI hidden tech gives small boosts to land unit air attack
-Individual Allied Majors difficulty level option added to Allied difficulty event
-Danish 20mm AA captured by germany
-Gustav/ Doar split into two events. historically available in 1942 not 1941.
-Added localisation for US Naval HQ events
-Greater chance Japanese AI won't annex of manchuria
-AI Japan might DOW soviet player when the germans attack
-soviet offensives recieve greater TP bonus
-SS pack artillery activation event image
-Added event-chain for Moscow Proletarian Rifle Div to 1 Gds Mot.-Rifle Div.
-UK, US, Soviet, Italian, Jap Railway artillery events
-artillery division event OOBs
-Moved Vichy OOB event (after their formation) back into production.
-Italian AI event OOBs for Africa depend on Italy losing ground in Africa
-manpower gain from anchluss reduced
-SS panzers now buildable earlier if ahistorical ss option chosen
-Fixed event text on the "Mulberries damaged by large storm" event.
-USA 6th Army Group will now no longer spawn in Corsica unless it is controlled by the Allied faction
-Operation Britannia Rising events (US liberation of occupied UK)
-scripted JAP invasion of the Philippines added
-Revamped the SHAEF event by adding historical HQ units for ENG and USA and an event that loads the right OOB for either the ENG or USA player
-soviet event OOBs spawn in Kuybyshev
-soviet AI rebels nerfed after fall of France
-possible fix for the North africa partisan bug
-check for the SCW triggered before KG 88 is removed
-sealion now has a no invasions option check
-Fixed event text for the British Shipbuilding Mission
-german - soviet commercial agreement typo fixed
-Singapore - the Guns are Useless event ... added event pic and description
-Rewrote the Evacuation of Dunkirk event.
-missing soviet province added to a snow region
-mud/ snow levels lowered slightly
-level 1 airbase added to Stendal provicne in Germany ( paratroop training base )
-Added user-provided province image for Oradea in Romania
-Added naval_base and air_base 1 to Lerwick and changed some positions on Lerwick to be more accurate to RL
-Added 2 folder to ai_tech_minister.lua
-defines fort bonus boosted
-Removed twin_engine_fighters from the default AI air ratio
-Fixed bug where USA/AI was building INF divisions with an extra (8th lol) brigade.
-Adjusted LUA to reflect new division_hq unit names.
-Added a custom build script for IRE ... just because! ![:D]( "Big Grin :D")
-Adjusted GAR builds for AI majors to be GAR+(ART|HVYART)+SUPPORTSx2 ("Garrison" Support Group)
-AI can nolong research the landingraft or assault ships
-Commented out garrison deployment tech in the ignore lists of the majors (as it was causing problems with trying to reinforce beachheads with GAR units).
-Soviet starting OOB reworked
-changed model to 4 for 29. PzG Div.
-Changed model Airborne Artillery for 22. LLD into historical model = 3
-soviet generals adjusted to have more high generals level available for 1936 OOB
-Corrected naming Unterseebootsflottille into U-boot Flottille
-removed most aux vessels from AI OOBs
-Changed motorcycle to armored car for armor HQ event OOBs
-Hv artillery added to some OOBs
-Improved the starting JAP island garrison OOB based in part on some historical findings.
-Brazilian Expeditionary Force revamp
-Updated the Thirty Divisions Plan OOB to actually make useful divisions for CHI
-Updated AI/Operation Torch OOB to use the historical counters for USA units
-Updated the Operation Husky OOB for the AI - it now uses the custom unit counters
-removed the "US Volunteer Brigade" from its OOB as it serves no purpose and causes issues.
-various inactive leaders removed from OOBs
-Minor historical naming and configuration fixes to Canadian OOB units
-Improved some generic inline militia OOBs
-Updated the AI Indo invasion OOBs for JAP to make them functional combat groups
-Fixed AFHQ spawn point to be historical, and also tweaked the ENG Torch OOB, which was horribly wrong.
-Added the missing light cruisers USS Richmond and USS Memphis to starting OOB for USA
-Added historical unit names and tweaks to Malta Garrison Force (ENG)
-Corrected standort II. Luftflotte to Braunschweig
-4th Composite Group now starts the game attached to the Philippine Department.
-USS Langley's CAG unit now starts the game based on the ship, rather than in Los Angeles.
-ENG 1st and 6th Airborne Divisions now load as a Division HQ formation for the player, and a full division for the AI
-Added 45. Infanterie-Division as unique for Germany
-The AST 1st Armoured Division is now properly reported as being deployed to Alexandria, rather than Sydney.
-The locations of several Gurkha OOB units for ENG are now properly reported when you choose the OOB
-AI/OOB tweaks for USA historical armored divisions.
-Fixed possible CTD involving ITA Expeditionary Force to Germany in 1941 (should have been 1942).
-Fixed possible CTD with Expeditionary Force leader from ITA to GER in 1941.
-Updated the sale of Lockheed Hudsons to the UK so it used the proper model
-div HQs cost increased, main brigades costs decreased
-speed of medium TD increased + extra Inf AT removed from airlanding Inf
-ss armor stats tweaked to be closer to normal armor
-stat changes for CAS/ medium bombers - less SA for CAS, less HA for meds
-width tweaks to inf bat, + officer cost adjustments
-special HQs no longer grant CA base
-Added pack artillery unit activation as a default tech for the majors. All of these countries had mountain artillery prior to the war.
-mot/arm supports no longer give CA base + IC cost reduced
-bombers IC cost / build times increased slightly
-SS Pz Rct art short name corrected
-Desert Rats short name corrected
-Soft attack reduced for Gurkhas
-Air attack increased for jets
-Armor piercing/ Armor value reduced for captured armor
-normal HQ Brigade no longer gives CA base for divisions
-mixed support changed to direct fire unit type
-elite litgh infantry/light infantry rebalanced - the elites less overpowered and more expensive
-SS AA brigade now comparable to normal AA
-Garrison Detachments will no longer get the same Division size increase/decrease with the Brigade Strength techs. They have been adjusted downward in accordance with the percentages used in other units.
-Brazil update - OOB, tech levels, province resources,ministers, generals
-some IC effiecency penalties for very large military - too much armed forces means less factory workers
-Removed twin_engine_fighters from the default AI air ratio.
-Removed inadvertent and tiny swastikas from some German model images.
-new loading screens added
-Added more generic JAP leaders
-combined arms values lowered
-SS panzers now buildable earlier if ahistorical ss option chosen
-pillboxes build faster
-tweaks to laws to prevent exploiting minimal training/ volunteer laws
-Changed "is_defender = yes" to "is_attacker = no" for trait gains.
-SPR leader ID conflict fix
-Changed German template for midwar and late war panzer division builds
-Weak Power strategic effect tweaked
-unqiue SNLF unit localisations added
-Soviet unique cavalry corps localisations fixed
-Event image of HMS Prince of Wales is now correct
-Japanese Heavy cruiser models fixed
-Japanese unique 3rd Infantry division counter fixed
-Germany can now build Pack artillery at start
-Unique pocket Battleships placed individually at game start
-Supercharger Tech added to jet Bombers
-Small armys industry tech reduced to 6 levels from 10
-railway artillery event refusal option spam fixed
-garrison of India OOB spam fixed
-various other localisations fixed
-missing country modifier for UK air bases fixed
-Tweaks to japanese starting techs
-division template div HQs fixed
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I'm sorry to ask, ut whre cn I find that LAA.exe?
I ca't Access the page in the forum!
(sorry for the orthography!)
And also assigning a leader to a non-land HQ (like airforce,navy HQ both special ones and OOB ones) is a right thing to do?
May I ask? I have a problem. When defeating Finland in Winter War as the Soviet Union, I select the option "We´ll settle what we asked for". but I dont get any territorial gains from Finland. Karelia remains in finnish hands.
Any ideas what could be wrong?
there is a bug in the region listed in the event.
Could we have any way to temporary fix it? It's quite annoy because that is a major event of Soviet union?
open the FinnishWinterWar.txt file in blackICE events folder.
Replace
SOV = { war = {
target = FIN
attacker_goal = { casus_belli=aquire_territory region=Soviet_claims_FIN }
}
}
with
SOV = { war = {
target = FIN
attacker_goal = { casus_belli=aquire_territory region= fin_to_sov40 }
}
}
unfortunately you will probably need to roll back to before the Winter war begins. Or you can try to edit the save game somehow.
Thanks a lot, Panzeroo.
You can still give the provinces to yourselves in game by entering:tdbg(It will show province ids)then use changeowner
you need 1 day to pass to get the territorries
Is there anybody who can help me???
you need to register the TFH expansion on the paradox forum. The LAA exe is a modified version of the TFH exe which paradox put out. So they still own that exe and presumably want to know that you have bought TFH before handing over the exe for it.
I have registered my TFH...
"Paradox Interactive Forums - Error
You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action."
I still can't access the site! :(
you will need to contact a paradox moderator. I can't help with this.
Sorry for the dumb questions...
But where can I do this?
On the official website?
you could try their tech support forum Forum.paradoxplaza.com
I get the same error-web-page again! :( :( :(
unless you register at least HOI3 game or any of the expansions you can't access tech support. Not sure why its difficult to register the game ?
Everything is fine now!
The Problem was that I thought it is enough to register the expansion pack only.
Thank you very much for the help!
Just one other problem...
The file to download is no .exe!
It just says "file" and I cannot open it!
simply overwrite the TFH exe with podcat's TFH exe
I already did that!
Nothing has changed!
what browser are you using ? Try downloading the file with chrome or firefox.
Thanks a lot!!!
It is going nicely now.
Thanks for your Patience! :D
ah you need to download with a different browser maybe ? Like chrome for example
Runtime error help ? I have all Visual C++
In my opinion, we should nerf CAG stats a little bit. They destroy all my INT, FGT which send to counter them (all equal in tech or just one level tech difference).
In real life, land-based aircraft always stronger than CAG if not too obsolete, especially in WW2.
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the main problem with that is that if the CV loses its CAGs the entire ship is also going to be lost. If the CV goes the rest of the fleet is also likely to go. This is much easier to manage for a player who can rotate in new CAGs or keep his CV fleet out of range of interceptor swarms. however it leaves the AI very vulnerable to player controlled land based air units. So to balance out this the CAGs are very expensive and can withstand greater numbers of interceptors. Its a classic case of gameplay vs historical real life - gameplay comes first.
I have 2 bugs:
1. Saving manually crashes the game
2. I am unable to land troops by the "invasion" option (as Greece), even on my own unoccupied territory. The invasion starts and the battle works ok, but the troops wont move on to land.
Pls help :(
the save game issue is related to your computer logs/ possibly map cache. Its different for each computer so some people ( such as myself) have never had a save game crash. Other people get them all the time. It can help to delete the black ice logs before you start each game. You cannot do sea invasions with ocean liners/ passenger ships. You either use the auxiliary vessels ( barges etc) which you gain an OOB of from event when war starts) or research and build landingcraft and assault ships. Ocean liners are for transporting troops between ports. Keep them out of the invasion fleets.
thanks man
I guess the actual bug was that they attacked and fought the battle at all
game mechanics will still allow the invasion to take place - we can't prevent that, however the invasion with ocean liners landing troops will impose a huge penalty on the attacking troops so they will be unable to actually land. In that sense its not a bug as its intended to stop the player using ocean liners ( which have a large troop transport ability) to launch huge invasions. It should take a long time and a lot of research to be able to easily launch invasions corps or larger. You can still do them from the start with auxiliary vessels, but they will be much harder to organise and risky.
Thanks!
I have other question. Do you give AI any secret tech to improve their mission efficiency? Because when I check battle (int vs int.), AI mission eff. always higher than mine, of course same tech.
the AI doesn't get any extra mission efficiency techs or bonuses for its air units. If the air units have better mission eff then you it might be due to radar effecting the enemy and/or being close to airbases.
Thank you too much.
Ah, there is a small bug that I want to report. The early three pocket battleships of Germany, when you group them, they stuck there and you can't split it again. In my game, all three stuck each other and I can't do anything. I think problem is the Deutschland ship.
I can confirm this bug in 7.53.
my anti virus reported keylogger
1. run the game with mod enabled
2. alt-tab to desktop
3. type something on web browser
when i run the game without the mod, no keylogger reported.
Is that a bug?
nothing todo with the mod. Sounds like you have malware on your computer though.
I thought so, but it only appears when i run the game with the mod, otherwise thats fine, which is what i dont get :S
anyways, i will check the computer throughly to see if i can find anything, running steam version game btw
I would definitely run a malware/ virus check on your computer.
Just an update on this, when the game is running, i scaned my computer with malware bytes, found nothing. The problem seems to be related to the BI Quick Launch.exe. When i run the HOI III launcher and select the black ice mod, I can run the game with no keylogger detected.
Scaning my computer with avira at the moment.
the BI quick launch exe is a small file, this can often trigger AV programs due to the small size of the exe. However no one else has reported any malware and the file is hosted on ModDB which has its own inhouse AV scan of the files which are uploaded to the site. Chances are something on your system has attached itself to the exe.
I can't find anything after numerous scanning with different tools, it seems to only happen when i run the game with quick launch. even scanning the quick launch exe itself with the same AV that reports keylogger in runtime yields no positive result. Probably a false positive. Thanks for the help! I will just run the game with the original launcher then click on load black ice mod from now on then.
yeah there have been a few false positive reported about the quick launcher due I think to its being a small exe.
Hello Panzeroo, i'm really looking forward to the next version.
Btw, there should be atleast a level 2 infrastructure between yunnan and burma.
There is a land block here for game balance reasons. It should unlock sometime around 1942+ for Japan if they gain that region.
Crash at 7.53 Black Ice loading screen due to the lack of Podcast's Large Address Aware exe. Message says "Loading files failed for unknown reason". Why are you mentioning the exe file if you have blocked in all forums? It appears it has been blocked for a purpose, so Zappara must remove its mention here. "Install Podcat's LAA (Large Address Aware) version of the HOI3 .exe file with BlackICE". Or give a new download link.
Paradox own the podcat TFH exe ( one of their devs modified it) so we can't hand over a link to the TFH expansion exe for obvious copyright reasons. Basically you have to buy TFH and register it on the paradox forum to receive the modified TFH expansion exe. If you own a legitimate copy of TFH expansion you will be able to register and access the link. I guess its paradox's way of stopping game piracy.
When will the next version be released?
working on BICE 8 now. It has some very big changes in it, which requires a lot of gameplay balance work. These changes include a lot of new buildings, changes to the way artillery works, and division transport units. The plan is to release an alpha (manual install) version for playtesting on the paradox forum in a few weeks. Then when we are happier with play balance and bug fixes, build an installer version and release it elsewhere. BICE 8 may well be the final version before HOI IV
seriously...? Is that mean the BICE is complete & no-more to modify....? cuz HOI IV will take few months, most probably atleast by 2016 1ts or 2nd quarter........!
& BTW panzeroo; could u send us change-log of BICE 8 ; so that we can know what to expect........!
I would day BICE 8 will receive a lot of updates, so it won't be the last release. Maybe just the final "full" release before HOI IV
Anyways, could we know when BICE 8 will be released......?
hopefully in a few weeks